Typewriting machine



Patented Aug. 3, 1926.

UNITED STATES ATENT ame.

ADOLPH e. KUPETZ, or new ROCHELLE, new roan, essrenon T0 nnnnnwoon TYPEWRI'IER COMPANY, on NEW YORK, n. A coaronar on or DELAWARE.

TYPEWRITING MACHINE.

Application filed September 19, 1923. Serial No. 663,542.

The invention relates to gage-tables for typewriting machines; that is to say, to tables with gages thereon for automatically determining a setting for a card or other work-piece, with respect to the platen, such that typewriting on the work-piece will take place at a given line-position thereon. Certain kinds of work call for periodical entries on cards or other work-pieces. The entries may, for instance, be of'a daily, monthly, or quarterly character; and each entry date may have itsparticular line'position on the work-piece. Under a given date, and in a given date position, the operator may have to make entries on a large number of similar work-pieces. Vfith apparatus of the character mentioned, the operator has merely to set his according to the line-position for the entries; and then, one after another, to insert the cards to the gage, make the typing thereon, and eject the cards.

In front-strikemachines, the gage-tables are ordinarily mounted'on the platen-carriage at the front thereof and above the printing line of the platen, so that the workpiece, on rear-insertion, can be passed down 7 over the usual paper-table behind the platen, under the platen, up across the printing line, and thence over the gage-table to the gage thereon.

A feature of the present invention is the combination with a gage-table, of the general character mentioned, of means especially adapting thesame to front-insertion of cards. V

A further feature of the invention is the provision of means whereby, in effecting the periodical gage-adjustments, the gage is movable with respect to the gage-table (which latter and more cumbersome ele ment may therefore at such times remain stationary), and of means whereby the gage may be held positively, against slip, in its selected periodical position on the gagetable, and the adjustments of the gage accurately and expeditiously made in a novel and simple manner.

A. still further feature is to. enable the work-piece to befi-rmly heldin printing p0- sition-by means located entirely on thewgagetable in close jproXimityt-o the printing line as well as .Idistant therefrom, to permit ng upon the -.l'very"b.ottom andside's of l the impression-receiving .sur'face,-- thus -.el iminating the usual fingers or other devices pressing against the platen.

the gage-table-pieces, gages and gage-holding and adjusting devices; the parts being spread apart for clearer illustration thereof.

The platen 10 is revolubly mounted by means of an axle 11 journaled in the side pieces 12 of the carriage. The platen may be rotated by means of the usual fingerwheels 13 fast on the axle thereof, orby means of line-space mechanism of awellknown form, of which the ratchet-wheel 14:, fast to the axle 11, is the only part shown. The paper-table 15 is shown on the carriage at the rear of the platen, and an apron or paper-guiding piece 16 forms a continuatlon thereof, for guiding work-pieces around the platen. The apron or paper-guiding device is pivoted at 17 for movement with the front and rear pressure-rolls 18 and 19, respectively, away from the platen to permit of easy insertion and removal of the workpieces. ,The mounting of the apron 16 and the means by which the same is moved may 3e that shown in the patent to Jesse A. B. Smith, No. 1,402,804, dated January 10,

1922, to which reference'is made for fuller illustration.

To facilitate the insertion of work-pieces, a deflector 20, such as is also shown in the aforesaid Smith patent, may be employed. This deflector is stationary, and consists of a plate having its forward edge downturned to form a concave portion 21 to receive the forward edgeof the paper-guide 16 whent-he latter is released,-the parts being so related that, upon front insertion of the work-piece. the lower edge of-the latter cannot be passed in front of the forward outer edge of the --paper-guide; and beingso related that, upon rearinsertion ofthe work-piece, the forward edge of the latter cannot catch upon the defiector 20.

The gage-table isshovfvnin, two ,parts, 22

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a whole may be readily attached to or removed from the machine.

For this purpose, the brackets 26 are sufficiently flexible to permit studs 30 thereon to be sprung into the L-shaped slots 31, forming the bayonet-joint connections aforesaid. Thus it will be seen that, if the gagetable and associated aligning devices are not n eded, the same may readily be removed from the machine, without removal of the brackets 26, which latter, as indicated in Figure 2, may be the usual brackets for the tally-sheet mechanism found nrlinderwood .typewriting machines.

The work-piece," shown in the drawings as a card .32, may be frontinserted intothe machine by sliding the same downward on the gage-table so as to pass the samebetween the table-platform and a steel roller 33 journaled in side flanges or marginal gages 34 formed-i on the outer right and left hand edgesof the table-parts. The lower et ge ofthe card, in passing the roller 33,

strikes the deflector 20, and is guided rearward under the platen by the guide-piece until the upper edge of the card is below a pair of gages 35. Thereupon the card is drawn upward until its upper edge is against the gages 35, at which time the card, aswill presently be shown, is in position for typing in proper position thereon. hen, as'shown in Figure the gage-table is so set that the card extends substantially vertically upward from the printing line, it'may be necessary to grind away from the type-bar 36 the usual upper-case type, in order that the same may not interfere with the striking of the lower type 37 on the platen; in which case the lower type may he a capital type. Of course, the typebars, instead of being ground away, may be made with one type each. a

It has been stated that adjustment of the gages for entries of a periodical character, such daily, monthly and quarterly entries, for" instance, ison'e of the uses of the invention. The periodical positions, on the cards, of these entries are represented on the gage-table-parts by a series of holes 38;

The gages 35, one on each section of the table, are formed by offsets on slides 39,

which fit into and'are movable up and down I On the in vertical slots 40 in the table. front of the table, over each sl1de'39 and secured to the latter byscrews 41, is a plate 42, which is bifurcated at its lower end at 43 to form a pair of spring, fingers 44, by means of which the card, when inserted beneath the same, will be held to the table; and betweenwhich the corresponding gage 35 protrudes. The screws 41 pass through aligned openings in each plate 42 and slide 39, and thread into and are anchored by a block 45 at the rear of the table. Between each block 45 and the rear face of the table, and also held by'the screws 41, is a spring latch 46. The upper end of each latch 46 is offset at47 and carries a forwardly-projecting pin 48 which is adapted to register with, and, under the spring action of the latch, to enter anyone of the holes 38. On

the offset-47 of each latch is also a stud 49 table, and at the front of the table terminates in a finger-piece 50. By reason of the screws 41, theparts 42, 39, 46 and 45form a unitary structure. When the finger-piece 50 is pressed rearward, the pin 48 is forced rearwardoutof whatever hole 38 it may have been in; thus permitting movement up and down the table of the gage and associated parts. Upon registry of the pin 48 withthe desired hole 38, and upon release of thefinger-piece 50, the latch springs forward to cause the pin 48 to enter the selected hole, thereby anchoring the gage and associated parts in selected position.

Owing to the fact that different cards may have headings of different widths, it: may be necessary to allow for someup-and-down adjustment of'tho table as a whole, if the holes 33 are truly to represent the periodical positions on the cards. To provide for such adjustment, the table-parts are slotted at 51 where they receive the screws 24; countersinks 52 being provided for the heads of the screws so that the cards may lie flat on the table. This adjustability of the table allows for truing up of the parts and for adjustment thereof for any other necessary or desirable purposes. a

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements maybe used without others. Having thus described my invention, I

claim: I 1, In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen and its frame, of a gagetable on the platen-frame, a gage adjustable up and down on the gage-table, and a springdetent on the gage; the table having a series of recesses therein pitched apart at a multiple of line-space divisions along the path of at the front of the table set into a slot in the table and adjustable along such slot to-, ward and from the printing line of the platen; the gage having affixed thereto a spring-detent, and the table having a series of recesses therein pitched apart at a multiple of line-space divisions along the path of adjustment of the gage to receive the spring-detent on the gage and thereby hold the gage in selected position.

8. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a gage-table at the delivery side of the platen, a gage at the front of the table set into a slot in the table and adjustable along such slot toward and from the printing line of the platen; the gage having affixed thereto a spring-detent at the rear of the table, and the table having a seriesof recesses therein pitched apart at a multiple of line-space divisions along the path of adjustment of the gage to receive the spring-detent on the gage and thereby hold the gage in selected position, and a fingerpiece projecting through the slot whereby to actuate the springdetent to release the same from the table.

4. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a gage-table at the delivery side of the platen, a gage at the front of the table set into a slot in the table and adjustable along such slot toward and from the printing line of the platen; the gage having affixed thereto a spring-finger, with a pin thereon, at the rear of the table, and the table having aseries of holes therein pitched apart at a multiple of line-space divisions along the path of adjustment of the gage to receive the pin on the springfinger and thereby hold the gage in selected position, and a finger-piece projecting through the slot in the table from the rear to the front thereof, whereby to press back the spring-finger to disengage the pin from the table and release the gage for adjustment of the latter.

5. In a platen-equipped typewriting machine, in combination, a gage-table, a gage at the front of the table set into a slot in the table and adjustable along such slot toward and from the printing line; the gage having afixed thereto a spring-finger, with a pin thereon, at the rear of the table, and the table having a series of holes therein pitched apart at a multiple of line-space divisions along thepath of adjustment of the gage to receive the pin on the springfinger and thereby hold the gage in selected position, a finger-piece projecting through the slot in the table from the rear to the front thereof, whereby to press back the V spring-finger to disengage the pin from the table and release the gage for adjustment of the latter, and a block behind the table to serve as a cross-head on which the gage and spring-finger are carried.

6. A work-holder for a platen-equipped ty iewriting machine comprising a gageta le, a gage at the front of the table set into a slot in the table and adjustable along such slot toward and from the printing line; the gage having affixed thereto a spring-finger, with a pin thereon, at the rear of the table, and the table having a series of holes therein pitched apart at a multiple of line-space divisions along the path of adjustment of the gage to receive the pin 011 the spring finger and thereby hold the gage in selected position," a finger-piece projecting through the slot in the table from the rear to the front thereof, whereby to press back the spring-finger to disengage the pin from the table and release the gage for adjustment of the latter, a spring-clip for holding a workpiece in gaged position against the front of the table, and a block behind the table, to which the gage, the spring-finger and the spring-clip are secured, and vwhich serves as a cross-head for carrying the same.

7. A work-holder for a piatenequipped typewriting machine including a gage-table, a gage at the front of the table set into a slot in the table and adjustable along such slot toward and from the printing line; the gage having affixed thereto a spring-finger, with a pin thereon, at the rear of the table, and the table having a series of holes therein pitched apart at a multiple of line-space divisions along the path of adjustment of the gage to receive the pin on the spring-finger and thereby hold the gage in selected position, a finger-piece projecting through the slot in the table from the rear to the front thereof, whereby to press back the springfinger to disengage the pin from the table and release the gage for adjustment of the latter, a spring-clip for holding a work-piece in gaged position against the front of the table, and a block behind the table, to which the gage, the spring-finger and the spring clip are secured, and which serves as a crosshead for carrying the same; the spring-clip being bifurcated to straddle the gage, and being of greater width than the slot to cooperate with the biock in holding the parts to the table.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen and its frame, of a gagetable in upright position on the platenfrarne, at the front thereof and above the printing line, forwardly-projecting flanges at the sides of the table to serve as side-marginal guides or gages for work-pieces, and a roller extending crosswise of the table at the lower end thereof, journaled in such flanges, and spaced from the front of the table to permit passage of front-inserted workpieces between the same and the table and to hoId such workpieces to the table above the printing line.

ADOLPH G. KUPETZ. 

